Applications open for the 2023-2024 class of GoTeachKY Ambassadors
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking applications for the next class of GoTeachKY Ambassadors.
KDE Spotlight: Jeff Sebulsky
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Jeff Sebulsky is proud to proclaim he has the best job in the Commonwealth.
KDE Spotlight: Stu Harper
Stu Harper has worked at the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) in Danville for 21 years. “I love working with youth,” he said. “They’re fun, they learn quickly, they’re interested in the world, and I think it keeps me young.”
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass to leave post Sept. 29
Kentucky Commissioner of Education Jason E. Glass announced July 31 that he will step down from his position on Sept. 29 in order to become associate vice president of teaching and learning at Western Michigan University.
Employee Spotlight: Regina Barrett
Regina Barrett is one of the two Kentucky K-12 integration specialists in the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Education Technology. She has been in this position since August of 2014.
Nominations open for the 2023 Kentucky Special Education Teacher of the Year Award
Nominations are being accepted for the 2023 Kentucky Special Education Teacher of the Year Award. Any full-time special education teacher in the state is eligible for this recognition.
At Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program, ESSER funds help students find community in diversity
When students meet each other for the first time at the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program and ask where they’re from, they turn their hands sideways and curl in their thumb, creating a rough shape of the state. “If you were from Centre College, you'd be in the middle,” explained Marshall County native Sarah Umbarger, pointing to her palm. “Or if you're from Lexington, maybe a little over here, and it's just where you are on the map, and it helps just like visualize like where people are at in Kentucky.”
Kentucky Department of Education uses ESSER funding to support youth facing homelessness
While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted learning for students across the country, those who are identified as homeless or housing insecure faced even more obstacles to keeping their education on track.
Getting their feet wet: Kentucky Rural Water Association’s high school apprentices get training in high-demand industry
A group of high school students is getting intensive training as future utility operators by the Kentucky Rural Water Association (KRWA).
Team KDE Employee Spotlight: Emma Riley
As a person who is Deaf and blind, Emma Riley has made it her career goal to provide resources for Kentucky students who are just like her.